Corking-machine.



No. 888,538. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. G. SELLBNSGHEIDT.

GORKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27,1905.

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No. 888,538. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. G. SBLLENSGHEIDT.

CORKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1905. 2 SHEETS SHEET 2' mzm Y THE NORRIS PETERS co, WASHINGTON, n. cy

UNITED srnwnnr OFFICE. l

QARL SELLENSOHEIDT, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO FILTER & BRAUTEOHNISOHE MASOHINEN-FABRIK AOT. GES., OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

CORKING-MAGHINE T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL SELLENSCHEIDT, director, of Germany, residing at 3 Belealhamerstrasse, Berlin, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corking- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle sealing machines, and more especially to the provision of means employing the kinetic force of a falling weight or ram for applying the cork or other seal to the bottle.

The invention also involves other principles of operation and features of construction which have advantages apparent to those versed in this art, and which will be hereinafter fully and concisely described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation, with parts broken away, of a machine embodying my invention and adapted to seal the bottles by means of ordinary corks, pushed into the bottle mouths; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1 with parts in elevation and indicating the said machine in the position in which the plunger and ramming device are raised, ready for action.

While I have illustrated my invention as applied to a corking machine, it will be appar ent from what follows that the principle of the operation as well as the embodiment thereof, is likewise applicable to machines employing other kinds of sealing means.

The frame of the machine, which may be of various construction, comprises two pillars A, a cross-beam B and a cross-shaft C, upon which latter are mounted a numb er of sheaves f. The cross-beam B supports a seriesof brackets c which have annular portions or eyes, within which the seal-guiding and bottle centering casings b are located and within which also they are permitted to have a movement toward and from the bottle placed beneath them, as will be presently described. The lower ends of the casings are provided with flaring bottle-engaging sockets m which are adapted in obvious manner, to engage and center the bottles as they descend upon them, and the interior of the casing forms a channel, indicated by the letter m, within which the seal is adapted to be placed. In the present instance the channel m is tapered, convergingly, toward the socket so Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 27, 1905.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 262,537.

that an ordinary cork stopper introduced therein will be condensed before being pushed into the bottle mouth by the plunger (1. A lateral aperture Z in the side of the movable casing affords a convenient means of entrance for the seal into. the channel m, the seal being supplied from the'stationary feed hopper i in any suitable manner, as, for eX- ample, by means of the small plunger 76. The feed hopper, plunger k, and its operating means are all shown herein as carried by the brackets c, and being of obvious construction need not be herein described.

The sealing plunger a which drives the corks n or other seals through the casing and applies them to the bottle, is adapted to re ciprocate with one end Within the seal channel m thereof, and is provided with a lost motion connection with the casing, such as the shoulder 1), whereby when approaching the end of its upward traverse, it engages the head of the casing and lifts the same off of the bottle, the casing sliding for this purpose within the brackets c. The sealing plunger is adapted to be actuated by the impact of a ramming device movable with respect thereto, such as the falling weight at, which surrounds and slides upon the said plunger, between the stop-shoulders a and a 'thereon. The weight has a longer traverse than that of the plunger so that when raised it encounters the stop a and lifts the plunger, and when released falls upon the shoulder a, driving the plunger toward the bottle. Each weight is connected with a cord 6 which passes over one of the sheaves the other end of the cord being attached to a crosshead g, there being one common cross-head for all the cords, so that all the plungers can be raised simultaneously by means of thetreme elevated ositions by the shoulders I) through the channel m and into the proper engagement with the bottle-mouth. The

friction of the seal within the channel also tends to force the socket guide more firmly upon the bottle, but all of the sealing force, being obtained from the falling Weight, is uniform and resilient in its action and adapted to varying conditions, so that inequalities in the heights of bottles or other variations are not at all likely to result in mishaps or improper sealing. The descent of the ramming weight is limited by the casing which serves to guide the plunger and hold the bottle mouth in the proper position for sealing.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is:

1. In a bottle sealing machine, the combination of a frame, a casing for containing the sealing device, movably mounted in said frame, a sealing plunger guided by and reciprocable within the casing and having a lost-motion connection therewith, and a falling weight adapted to operate said casing and plunger by its impact thereagainst.

2. In a bottle sealing machine, the combination of a reciprocable bottle-centering casing adapted to receive the seal, a sealing plunger working therein, stop shoulders on said plunger, a falling ramming device 00- acting with said stop shoulders and having a longer traverse than said plunger.

3. In a bottle sealing machine, a reciprocable bottle-centering casing having a lateral feed opening, a relatively stationary feed hopper adjacent said casing and communicating with said opening, in combination with a sealing plunger reciprocable within and brackets thereon, seal-containing casings movably mounted on said brackets, plungers working in said casings, falling weights sliding on said plungers and adapted to drive the same toward the bottle, flexible connections for lifting said weights and sheaves at the top of the frame for guiding said connections.

6. In a bottle-sealing machine, a stationary platform adapted to hold a plurality of bottles, a plurality of movable seal-containing casings adapted to engage the bottles, and plungers reciprocable within the casings and adapted to act on the seals therein, in combination with a series of independent falling weights slidingly mounted on said plungers and means for lifting said weights.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CAR-L SELLENSCHEIDT.

Witnesses HANs HlMANN, HENRY HAsPER. 

